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Fact Sheet 1- What happens to rainfall on your paddocks?
Fact Sheet 2- Does summer weed control save soil water?
Fact Sheet 3- Calculating maximum plant available water of your rootzone
Fact Sheet 4- Increasing Plant Available Water
Fact Sheet 5- Properties of a healthy soil
Fact Sheet 6- Root Facts
Fact Sheet 7- Soil Pit Checklist
Fact Sheet 8- Soil Water Facts


Fact Sheet 7: Soil Pit Checklist

Look at all these factors to help determine the correct management strategy for your soil. 

 

Soil tests can be found within each module. 

Water Holding Capacity 

  • Soil depth 
  • Soil texture 
  • Subsoil structure 
  • Rockiness

Barriers to Root Growth 

Physical 

  • Rock 
  • Heavy Subsoil 
  • Plough Layers 

Chemical 

  • Toxic Elements 
  • Salinity 
  • pH
  • Pesticide Residues

Biological plant 

  • Pathogens
  • Insects 

Nutrient Status 

  • Macro, micro and trace
  • Cation exchange capacity 
  • pH 

Erosion 

  • Wind 
  • Water 

Workability 

  • Over a range of moisture conditions 
  • Rockiness

Seedling Emergence 

  • Water repellence 
  • Hard setting and crusting

 

Fact Sheet 7: Soil Pit Checklist

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